Miami International Holdings Reports July 2018 Trading Activity for MIAX Exchange Group

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Miami International Holdings, Inc. today reported the July 2018 trading activity for its two fully electronic options exchanges – MIAX Options® and MIAX PEARL™ (together, the MIAX Exchange Group™). The MIAX Exchange Group collectively executed over 32.5 million contracts in July 2018 for a combined average daily volume (ADV) of 1,551,647 contracts, representing a total U.S. equity options market share of 9.78%.

Detailed volume statistics are as follows:

Trading Volume for MIAX Options and MIAX PEARL, Monthly Comparison

Year-to-Date Comparison

Total Options Contracts

July 2018

July 2017

% Chg

June 2018

% Chg

July 2018

July 2017

% Chg

Trading Days

21

20

21

146

145

U.S. Equity Options Industry

333,216,875

276,744,805

20.4%

363,069,104

-8.2%

2,612,913,055

2,115,483,997

23.5%

MIAX Exchange Group

32,584,587

17,972,014

81.3%

37,126,509

-12.2%

233,374,783

130,312,946

79.1%

MIAX Options

15,070,924

14,785,348

1.9%

16,834,469

-10.5%

117,943,007

118,851,790

-0.8%

MIAX PEARL

17,513,663

3,186,666

449.6%

20,292,040

-13.7%

115,431,776

11,461,156

907.2%

Options ADV

July 2018

July 2017

% Chg

June 2018

% Chg

July 2018

July 2017

% Chg

U.S. Equity Options Industry

15,867,470

13,837,240

14.7%

17,289,005

-8.2%

17,896,665

14,589,545

22.7%

MIAX Exchange Group

1,551,647

898,601

72.7%

1,767,929

-12.2%

1,598,457

898,710

77.9%

MIAX Options

717,663

739,267

-2.9%

801,641

-10.5%

807,829

819,668

-1.4%

MIAX PEARL

833,984

159,333

423.4%

966,288

-13.7%

790,629

79,042

900.3%

Market Share

July 2018

July 2017

% Chg

June 2018

% Chg

July 2018

July 2017

% Chg

MIAX Exchange Group

9.78%

6.49%

50.6%

10.23%

-4.4%

8.93%

6.16%

45.0%

MIAX Options

4.52%

5.34%

-15.3%

4.64%

-2.5%

4.51%

5.62%

-19.7%

MIAX PEARL

5.26%

1.15%

356.4%

5.59%

-6.0%

4.42%

0.54%

715.4%

Other news and achievements include:

MIAX Options plans to enhance its complex order system in August with the addition of Stock-Tied Complex Order functionality. The rollout of this functionality is scheduled to begin on Monday, August, 6 2018.

Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIH) is the parent holding company of Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC (MIAX Options) and MIAX PEARL, LLC (MIAX PEARL and together with MIAX Options, the MIAX Exchange Group), two fully electronic options trading exchanges.

MIAX Options currently lists and trades options on over 2,800 multi-listed classes. MIAX Options’ unparalleled system throughput is approximately 38 million quotes per second. The average latency for a single quote on MIAX Options is approximately 17.03 microseconds for a full round trip. At the 99th and 99.9th percentiles, the latency on MIAX Options is approximately 25.12 and 54.76 microseconds, respectively.

MIAX PEARL launched trading operations on February 6, 2017 and currently lists and trades options on over 2,800 multi-listed classes. The average latency for a single order on MIAX PEARL is approximately 24.08 microseconds for a round trip. At the 99th and 99.9th percentiles, the latency on MIAX PEARL is approximately 28.73 and 49.26 microseconds, respectively.

The MIAX Exchange Group has assembled a team with deep rooted experience in developing, operating and trading on options exchanges, and its trading platforms have been developed in-house and designed from the ground up for the unique functional and performance demands of derivatives trading. MIAX Options and MIAX PEARL leverage the MIAX Exchange Group’s industry leading technology and infrastructure to provide their member firms with both traditional (MIAX Options) and maker-taker (MIAX PEARL) pricing structures. The MIAX Exchange Group’s executive offices and National Operations Center are located in Princeton, New Jersey. The MIAX Exchange Group also maintains a Miami Operations Center in Miami, Florida, which contains the Miami Annual Meeting and Conference Center and the offices of MIAX Technologies and MIAX Global.

In addition to MIAX PEARL and MIAX Options, MIH is the parent holding company of Miami International Technologies, LLC (MIAX Technologies), MIAX Global, LLC (MIAX Global) and MIAX Emerald, LLC (MIAX Emerald). MIAX Technologies is MIH’s technology subsidiary for the sale and/or license of the trading technology developed by the MIAX Exchange Group. MIAX Global focuses on merger, acquisition and joint venture activities of MIH. MIAX Global also provides technology and other services outside of North America, with its initial concentration being on Europe and Latin America. MIAX Emerald is MIH’s third options exchange and is expected to launch in Q1 2019, pending SEC approval.

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